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A tour inside the R-Ladies organization

R-Ladies Global

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What is R-Ladies?

R-Ladies is an organization with the mission of promoting diversity in R Community via meetups and mentorships in a safe and friendly environment.

R-Ladies Leadership Team:

R-Ladies Global Team:


R-Ladies Chapters

We have 137 chapters in 44 countries:

  • 42 chapters in the US
  • 7 chapters in Canada
  • 29 chapters in Latin America
  • 40 chapters in Europe
  • 5 chapters in Africa
  • 6 chapters in Asia
  • 7 chapters in Australia/Oceania

R-Ladies Initiatives

@WeAreRLadies - idealized/lead by Katherine Simeon

The R-Ladies RoCur (Rotating Curation) is a twitter handle that will feature an awesome R-Lady each week. This account is run by R-Ladies Global.


R-Ladies Abstract/Scholarship Review Request - lead by Jennifer Thompson

Feedback on various types of R-related abstracts, applications and diversity scholarships to encourage R-Ladies to apply for conference speaking slots and opportunites.

R-Ladies Initiatives

R-Ladies Community Slack - lead by Florencia D’Andrea, Melina Vidoni, Sina Rüeger, Yanina Bellini.

R-Ladies community Slack is a safe & global space to discuss topics and share ideas around #rstats & the #rladies community (for women and gender minorities).


@rladies_iwd2018 - idealized by Maëlle Salmon and lead by Maëlle Salmon, Bea Hernández, Kelly O’Briant, Page Piccinini, Sheila Saia

Internation Women Day celebrating with a fabulous feed of featured faces from the R-Ladies directory.

R-Ladies Initiatives

R-Ladies Remote

  • Coffee Chat

Informal and casual group chat about R, working remote, R-Ladies or anything that you’d like to be discussed.

  • Reading Group

Reading and Discussion about a paper or article.